| It has a bittersweet taste and a pungent aroma that is both camphoraceous and spicy. |
| It has a very agreeable aromatic odor, somewhat like camphor, and the taste is described as warm, bitterish and camphoraceous. |
| Bad specimens have a camphoraceous smell and a brownish colour, and lack the pungent taste. |
| They have a camphoraceous odor and bitter, aromatic taste, reminding one of that of Aristolochia Serpentaria. |
| The root is thick, branching and mucilaginous, and has a warm, bitter taste and a camphoraceous odour. |
